10 must-read leadership stories of the week

How to be more diplomatic, cultural stereotypes at the work place, and other top stories from the past seven days.

1. Is power becoming more female? As more women enter the workplace, traditional methods of gaining power are changing.

2. Do you culturally stereotype your colleagues? We inevitably characterize colleagues based on their country of origin. New research shows how misguided such generalizations are.

3. Three ways to be a diplomat in your life and work. 62% of openly gay people go back in the closet when they start work. Your instincts will tell you that success requires fitting in. Let me tell you right now, that instinct is wrong.

4. How to build bridges, not walls, at work. Forget divisive office politics. The future of work lies with cooperation, not competition.

5. The question to ask after every meeting. You can help people remember what's said in meetings by posing a simple question at the end of every interaction.

6. Leadership today requires both value and values. At a time when people are eager for businesses to solve societal problems, CEOs have an opportunity to leverage personal values to improve financial value.

7. Millennials at work don’t see themselves as millennials. Why not? How do young professionals think about age and generations?

8. Push or pull: which leadership style is more effective? John David Mann, coauthor of the The Go-Giver and The Go-Giver Leader, on the kind of leaders that people will follow anywhere.

9. A world champion public speaker says introverts often make better speakers than extroverts. When introverts are able to master confidence when they get on stage, they can come across as more authentic than extroverts.

10. Canada's youngest premier on how he got to the top, and what he's learned there. Brian Gallant made a meteoric ascent to become the youngest regional premier in Canada, taking office at just 32. Here's how he did it.